Pooneh Alborzi, MD
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Nephrology Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Section Chief, Nephrology, Pennsylvania Hospital
- Medical Director, DaVIta Fairmount Incenter Hemodialysis Unit
- Medical Director, Fairmount Peritoneal Dialysis Unit
- Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
My education and training
- Shiraz University of Medical SciencesMedical School
- Bridgeport Hospital, Yale New Haven HealthResidency
- Indiana University HospitalFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Alborzi is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2005
- Nephrology, 2007
- American Society of Nephrology, National
- Renal Physician Associates, Local
- Renal Physicians Association, National
- Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue for 2024
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Chrisitine Palazzolo, Nawaz Z. Safdar, Alexandre Lafond, Pooneh Alborzi Licorice induced apparent mineralocorticoid excess , ACP meeting: 2024
Tanuja Yalalmarti, Shahrzad Zonoozi, Kwabena Adu Ntoso, Pooneh Alborzi Incidence and risk factors of vancomycin- associated acute kidney injury in a single center: retrospective study , Journal of Clinical Nephrology, 5: 2021,010-016
Mark Conway, Christopher Lee, Shahrzad Zonoozi, Pooneh Alborzi Non-Dilated Obstructive Nephropathy , American Journal of Kidney Disease, 77(4) 586: 2021
Tanuja Yalamarti, Pooneh Alborzi, David A. Chetrit, Michelle L. Rumbaugh Double Trouble: Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome due to IgG4-RD and Myeloperoxidase-ANCA Vasculitis , American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week: 2019
Joy Ayyoub, Shahrzad Zonoozi, Pooneh Alborzi, Hyponatremia: Mind the (Osmolar) Gap , American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week: 2019
Soleimani, M., Alborzi P. The Role of Salt in the Pathogenesis of Fructose-Induced Hypertension , Int J Nephrol: 2011
Agarwal Rajiv, Alborzi Pooneh, Satyan Sangeetha, Light Robert P Dry-weight reduction in hypertensive hemodialysis patients (DRIP): a randomized, controlled trial. , Hypertension, 53(3): 2009,500-7
Agarwal Rajiv, Satyan Sangeetha, Alborzi Pooneh, Light Robert P, Tegegne Getachew G, Mazengia Helmneh S, Yigazu Paulos M Home blood pressure measurements for managing hypertension in hemodialysis patients. , American Journal of Nephrology, 30(2): 2009,126-34
Alborzi Pooneh, Patel Nina A, Peterson Carla, Bills Jennifer E, Bekele Dagim M, Bunaye Zerihun, Light Robert P, Agarwal Rajiv Paricalcitol reduces albuminuria and inflammation in chronic kidney disease: a randomized double-blind pilot trial. , Hypertension, 52(2): 2008,249-55
Alborzi Pooneh, Patel Nina, Agarwal Rajiv Home blood pressures are of greater prognostic value than hemodialysis unit recordings. , Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2(6): 2007,1228-34